Chen Chi was writing a letter to his mother, scribbling it on a piece of paper with his hand.

There was a whole bunch of stuff next to it. Winter is coming, he bought a pair of non-slip thick boots for his father, a cashmere shawl for his mother, a crystal necklace for Gu Siya, and various strange spices bought from a Turkish store for his aunt and his wife.

Chen Chi bought a set of jackets for his uncle, who has two acres of fruit forests, and often gets mud and grass clippings when he works, and he also has to water and kill insects, so he lets his uncle be his work clothes. He also bought a set of cigarette tools and tobacco for his uncle's cousin, so as to make it fresh. The married cousin is a baby carrier, and it is said that a little girl was born not long ago, and it is suitable for use now. I bought a big pack of fancy kraft candy for my uncle's little grandson.

Chen Chi used to send things home, and if he had less, he would call home to explain, and if he had more, he would send Gu Siya a list of items on the Internet and ask her to help convey it.

This time, however, he bought letterhead and wrote it down one by one.

"Mother, after you received it, send me something to my uncle's family, there is a letter in it, which I wrote to my grandmother, you help me ask my uncle to burn it to my grandmother when the winter solstice grave is reached. ”

Chen Chi held the pen, his eyes fell on the blank space of the paper, and his expression was sad.

The phone rang, interrupting his thoughts, and he glanced at it, his eyes softened: "Frost falls." ”

"Chen Chi, are you ...... these days" Xu Shuangchuan wanted to ask him if he was in a better mood, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed his words, "Are you busy? ”

"I went to buy something for my family a few days ago and sent it back tomorrow, so I'm a little busy. Chen Chi explained.

"Good filial piety. Xu Shuangchuan blurted out praise.

Chen Chi chuckled on the other end of the phone and didn't answer for a while.

Xu Shuangzhen regretted it, she didn't seem to be able to open any pot again.

"Frostfall, are you busy?" asked Chen Chi.

Xu Shuang was a little relieved in her heart, and hurriedly said about the events of the past few days: "I'm not busy at all, Xian, it's my next-door neighbor, that Vietnamese girl, you've also seen it, she's back, I'm going to pick her up today, we just had dinner together." What about you, have you eaten it?"

"After eating, the people in your apartment are almost back, right?"

"Yes, it's a lot more lively all of a sudden, and it's a bit crowded to do anything. Xu Shuangchuan laughed to herself, "What about you?"

"In the same way, there have been more people coming in and out in the past two days. ”

Xu Shuangchuan was a little speechless, Chen Chi's tone was calm and soft, but she felt that he must still be depressed in her heart, she hesitated, and whispered comfortingly: "Chen Chi, are you better? Don't be too sad." ”

"I'm fine, thank you, Frostfall. Chen Chi softened his voice, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the words "grave" on the paper, and his heart throbbed again.

In his ears was Xu Shuangxia's concerned admonition: "That's good, you rest early." ”。

"You also rest early, good night. Chen Chi held his phone, was silent for a moment, and took a new piece of paper.

At the place where the pen is placed, one word after another gradually becomes a line:

Grandma, how are you?

After the start of the new semester, everything is on the right track. In addition to attending classes and going to the library, Xu Shuangchuan soaked in the computer room on time after 4 p.m. every day, and then returned to the apartment when it was almost dark.

She and Chen Chi still meet online every day, but the chat time is not as long as before. In the past, Chen Chi would always drive the topic, anything that came out of his mouth, it was so funny and vivid, Xu Shuangchuan encountered a topic that he was familiar with, he would talk back and forth with him, if the topic was unfamiliar, she would do her own thing, while echoing two or curious words, she could also chat intermittently.

But recently, after they exchanged their respective course schedules, they just asked about the weather in their respective cities, or else they asked if they had eaten. Xu Shuangchuan is not good at hollowing out his mind to find topics in the north and south of the world, and he can't always say condolences to Chen Chi, so their daily routine chat, usually fall silent after a few words, and then at about the same time, Chen Chi will urge Xu Shuangchuan to go back early, or Xu Shuangchuan himself and he said that he would go first.

And so it went on for two weeks. Xu Shuangchuan heard Chen Chi say that he had a course to be assessed in two weeks. Xu Shuangchuan became more and more sympathetic to Chen Chi, she knew that Chen Chi must have had a bad time these days, but he never mentioned it again except when he came to her, and he mentioned his grandmother's matter to her, showing sadness, on the contrary, he has been trying his best to show that he has nothing to do, except for few words, he is as busy as everyone else.

This is the first time that Xu Shuangchuan has clearly observed a person, while continuing to live, he is silently sad.

She contacted Lian Xiuxiu and inquired about Chen Chi's current situation.

"Xiuxiu, are you busy after school starts?"

"Oh, what about you?"

"I'm okay, but Chen Chi is very busy, and he has a class to assess. ”

"No wonder I haven't seen anyone for a few days, it turns out that I have worked hard, but it is really miserable. ”

Xu Shuang frowned and asked, "You live in the same building, don't you meet every day?

Lian Xiuxiu immediately quipped: "We all go out early and return late, if we miss a step sooner or later, won't we diverge?

Xu Shuangchuan was particularly embarrassed, but she was really a little worried about Chen Chi, recently she always felt that Chen Chi was lonely in the corner licking his wounds. After she hesitated slightly, she said cheekily: "Xiuxiu, if you are free, help me go to see Chen Chi, I am afraid that he will be too busy and have irregular meals." ”

Lian Xiuxiu exclaimed: "Frostfall, are you so kind to Chen Chi?"

Xu Shuangchuan's ridicule of her had to be accepted in full.

Lian Xiuxiu's work efficiency was extremely high, and she went downstairs to visit Chen Chi that night. She left with her front foot, and Chen Chi called Xu Shuangchuan with her back foot.

"Frostfall, you let Lian Xiuxiu come to see me?" he asked bluntly.

Xu Shuangchuan stammered and explained: "I don't mean anything else, I just want you to be very busy lately, don't live an irregular life." ”

"Lian Xiuxiu asked me if I had three normal meals, and she said that she would report it to you. There was a slight smile in Chen Chi's voice.

Xu Shuang was embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "I heard Xiuxiu say that I haven't met you for a few days, so I ......"

"I'm fine, Frostfall. Chen Chi said softly, "Wait a while, I'll go see you." ”

Xu Shuang subconsciously hummed, and then said, "I'll come." She moved out of the reason, "Last time I came to you, I didn't have a chance to see anything, it's a pity, I'll come, wait for you to finish the exam." ”

"I'll come here. Chen Chi said, "It's safer than you." ”

Xu Shuangchuan thought of the thief incident, and couldn't help laughing: "I have already eaten a trench and grown wise." She heard Chen Chi chuckling on the other end of the phone, and her heart was a lot more relieved, "We'll talk about it then." ”

"Good. ”

Xu Shuangchuan put down her phone, sincerely relieved, Chen Chi's voice tone today was much lighter than the previous two times, and she hoped that he could come out of the shadows quickly and be as energetic as before.

Their communication is still mainly based on online chatting, but Chen Chi is busier before the exam, Xu Shuangchuan knows the pain of the exam, and knows the consequences of failing the course, she once heard a joke that I don't know whether it is true or false, it is said that there is a freshman student who has not met the credit standard and has been a freshman for three consecutive years.

The school really doesn't have the slightest sympathy in this regard.

A week before Chen Chi's exam, he didn't even go online often, and Xu Shuangjiang only met him online two or three times. She didn't dare to take up too much of Chen Chi's time, and usually said hello and wished him a smooth exam, so she didn't say much.

Chen Chi replied briefly, he asked her if she was a qiēshun lì, and asked her to pay attention to going back before dark, and said nothing else.